Indeed. This next fight will be a lot of fun because Pacquiao and Rios are fighters with very exciting styles. I think Pacquiao is on the decline, age will do that to you. But sometimes when a fighter gets knocked the way he did against JMM, its is hard to fully recover, physically and mentally.

Indeed. This next fight will be a lot of fun because Pacquiao and Rios are fighters with very exciting styles. I think Pacquiao is on the decline, age will do that to you. But sometimes when a fighter gets knocked the way he did against JMM, its is hard to fully recover, physically and mentally.

I think he'll be fine. if and when he retires, I'm sure he wants to go out with a win

This is my least favorite time of year for sports. Never been a real baseball fan so its just a real boring time. Opens up a lot of free time not watching any sports over the summer though so that's cool.

This is my least favorite time of year for sports. Never been a real baseball fan so its just a real boring time. Opens up a lot of free time not watching any sports over the summer though so that's cool.

Agree, I always have patients talk to me about how there's nothing to watch on tv because there is no basketball or football and "no one cares about baseball" hahaha. I laugh when people say that quote because I hear it a lot, even from the women

Indeed. This next fight will be a lot of fun because Pacquiao and Rios are fighters with very exciting styles. I think Pacquiao is on the decline, age will do that to you. But sometimes when a fighter gets knocked the way he did against JMM, its is hard to fully recover, physically and mentally.

I think he'll be fine. if and when he retires, I'm sure he wants to go out with a win

No doubt Manny is on the decline. And I agree with solo, he's looking to go out with a win. I think he's got maybe 2 more fights left in him before surely calling it quits.

If the baseball season was shorter to make the games actually matter, then there might be more interest in watching. In the NFL, 1 loss could end your playoffs hopes. In baseball, you can have a 5-game losing streak and still be in the hunt. So, we have no football, no basketbally, no hockey, and can't go snowboarding...just a bunch of meaningless baseball games. And it's too hot outside to go out. Stuck at home, with nothing to do.

If the baseball season was shorter to make the games actually matter, then there might be more interest in watching. In the NFL, 1 loss could end your playoffs hopes. In baseball, you can have a 5-game losing streak and still be in the hunt. So, we have no football, no basketbally, no hockey, and can't go snowboarding...just a bunch of meaningless baseball games. And it's too hot outside to go out. Stuck at home, with nothing to do.

Damn Straigt. 162 games just drag on and on and on except for the most hardcore of fans. even 8 games (4.9% of the schedule) off the sched would make the season more enjoyable. End it a week earlier and start it a week later.

Now of course you have the stats guys that wouldn't like how the 162 game era got more time to hit more doubles or whatever they track.

^that is actually a really important reason that makes me doubt they will do that, even if it makes sense. I would like to see them shorten the season in duration, but with the same number of games. Make every 4 game homestand include 1 double header. Wouldn't be too hard.

If the baseball season was shorter to make the games actually matter, then there might be more interest in watching. In the NFL, 1 loss could end your playoffs hopes. In baseball, you can have a 5-game losing streak and still be in the hunt. So, we have no football, no basketbally, no hockey, and can't go snowboarding...just a bunch of meaningless baseball games. And it's too hot outside to go out. Stuck at home, with nothing to do.

Damn Straigt. 162 games just drag on and on and on except for the most hardcore of fans. even 8 games (4.9% of the schedule) off the sched would make the season more enjoyable. End it a week earlier and start it a week later.

Now of course you have the stats guys that wouldn't like how the 162 game era got more time to hit more doubles or whatever they track.

Yeah I'd like to see a shorter season too. Like Lightning said, every game would matter more that way almost like this years NHL season. I'm sure the players would not want to be playing in November.

I'm glad Phil won, that's one less monkey on his back (there are several still on his back). IMO he has his priorities in order. For example he skipped a practice round a few weeks ago to attend his daughter's graduation.

Good win by the U.S. to take the Gold Cup today. They seemed to have control for most of the game, but were only able to punch in that one goal. A win is a win, though, and this team is playing its best ball in years.

Awww wtf! Just heard that Maria Sharapova has dropped out of the Rogers Cup cuz of her hip injury from Wimbledon. No point in going anymore.

were you going to watch her play, or to watch her?

Are you saying that I was just going to watch her get all sweaty as she runs around, bends and stretches, and of course grunts and moans for a good 2 hours? I am just a fan and there to enjoy the lovely game of tennis. That is all!

^ of all the sports that women participate in, i'd say tennis players, in general, are the best looking and with best figures. softball and basketball players all look like they have huge lower bodies. gymnists have stunted growth. swimmers have freakish wide shoulders and long arms. golfers look like they have big bones. track&field...they're just not very good looking. of course, there are exceptions. i'm just saying that, in general, that's what it looks like to me.

Ahhh, julius, you had to bring up beach volleyball, didn't you? Ripped open those wounds that closed so many years ago...

I was a young man fresh out of the University of Sports Training and had an internship as a "Beach Volleyball Sand Removal Specialist (BVSRS as it's known in the industry)". My responsibility was to assist the players in removing sand from their bikini bottoms, tops, eyes, mouth, ears... anywhere sand could possibly end up. I was quite good and worked my way up the ranks quickly, leapfrogging experienced BVSRS' with many years experience until I made it to the pros. Huntington Beach, Santa Barbara, Manhatten Beach, St. Petersburg, Naples, Hermosa Beach, Salt Lake City... I was at all of the big tournaments. I worked on some of the best... Nicole Branagh, Holly McPeak, Rachel Wacholder, Elaine Youngs... and, of course, Gabrielle Reece who started my downward spiral.

Flashback to the 1999-2000 Olympic Challenge Series... picture a beautiful summer day, temps in the 80's, bright blue sky, waves lapping the sand... Second set of the Championship Series and Reece calls a SCO timeout (Sand Clear Out). I hustle over to her with my custom made camel hair sand brush, water spray bottle and paper towels. She points to her rear and I see sand plastered all over her sweaty arse, so I go to work immediately. A few sprays and wipes later I thought I had removed all of the sand, so she goes back to the court and the match resumes. Little did I know there were a few grains of sand still stuck between her tight buttocks, which created friction and a high level of discomfort for her as she sprinted and leapt high into the air to spike the ball. Well, it doesn't take an experienced BVSRS to tell you what that friction and discomfort did to her spike... needless to say she missed the spike and her team lost the match. Things were never the same for me since that day. She had me blackballed throughout the entire beach volleyball community, even locations such as Fiji, Malta and Cyprus where a few dollars will convince an official to let you remove sand.

A sordid tale? Perhaps, but one that demanded to be told as a warning to the young aspiring BVSRS' out there... make sure you check the butt-crack for any lingering sand before allowing the player to continue. Learn it, live it.

Dude, I don't even know what to say to that. First, I should apologize for bringing up such a painful memory of your lost glory days. I should have known, by your precision mopping, that you had experience as a BVSRS. I guess it only takes one misstep to get blackballed from the beach volleyball industry. You really should put your experiences in a memoir. Your writing shows talent (I should know, I married a Stanford English major). It might be a good way for you to find catharsis with this previous semi-traumatic experience, and allow you to move forward from this psychic pain.

^ No worries. Years of therapy have been unraveled by reading and responding to your post but I will recover.

I have been approached by noted biographers such as Walter Isaacson, Charles Shields and the like to write my memoirs but the memories are too fresh, too painful to recount. Maybe one day, when the wounds have scarred over and the fragile mind has healed...

Ahhh, julius, you had to bring up beach volleyball, didn't you? Ripped open those wounds that closed so many years ago...

I was a young man fresh out of the University of Sports Training and had an internship as a "Beach Volleyball Sand Removal Specialist (BVSRS as it's known in the industry)". My responsibility was to assist the players in removing sand from their bikini bottoms, tops, eyes, mouth, ears... anywhere sand could possibly end up. I was quite good and worked my way up the ranks quickly, leapfrogging experienced BVSRS' with many years experience until I made it to the pros. Huntington Beach, Santa Barbara, Manhatten Beach, St. Petersburg, Naples, Hermosa Beach, Salt Lake City... I was at all of the big tournaments. I worked on some of the best... Nicole Branagh, Holly McPeak, Rachel Wacholder, Elaine Youngs... and, of course, Gabrielle Reece who started my downward spiral.

Flashback to the 1999-2000 Olympic Challenge Series... picture a beautiful summer day, temps in the 80's, bright blue sky, waves lapping the sand... Second set of the Championship Series and Reece calls a SCO timeout (Sand Clear Out). I hustle over to her with my custom made camel hair sand brush, water spray bottle and paper towels. She points to her rear and I see sand plastered all over her sweaty arse, so I go to work immediately. A few sprays and wipes later I thought I had removed all of the sand, so she goes back to the court and the match resumes. Little did I know there were a few grains of sand still stuck between her tight buttocks, which created friction and a high level of discomfort for her as she sprinted and leapt high into the air to spike the ball. Well, it doesn't take an experienced BVSRS to tell you what that friction and discomfort did to her spike... needless to say she missed the spike and her team lost the match. Things were never the same for me since that day. She had me blackballed throughout the entire beach volleyball community, even locations such as Fiji, Malta and Cyprus where a few dollars will convince an official to let you remove sand.

A sordid tale? Perhaps, but one that demanded to be told as a warning to the young aspiring BVSRS' out there... make sure you check the butt-crack for any lingering sand before allowing the player to continue. Learn it, live it.

^ No worries. Years of therapy have been unraveled by reading and responding to your post but I will recover.

I have been approached by noted biographers such as Walter Isaacson, Charles Shields and the like to write my memoirs but the memories are too fresh, too painful to recount. Maybe one day, when the wounds have scarred over and the fragile mind has healed...

I grew up with a hot Gabrielle Reece poster on my wall. She's still as hot as ever in my opinion. Reminds me how old school I am that people who watch beach vball now don't know who she is

^ No worries. Years of therapy have been unraveled by reading and responding to your post but I will recover.

I have been approached by noted biographers such as Walter Isaacson, Charles Shields and the like to write my memoirs but the memories are too fresh, too painful to recount. Maybe one day, when the wounds have scarred over and the fragile mind has healed...

I grew up with a hot Gabrielle Reece poster on my wall. She's still as hot as ever in my opinion. Reminds me how old school I am that people who watch beach vball now don't know who she is

Oh yeah Reece is still worth a good tug! Lol not sure how old she is now but she's still smokin hot!

^ Is it any more absurd than some of the names in the article such as Metta World Peace or World B. Free? At least she had something to gain from her ridiculous proposed name change. Personally I think she should endorse feminine hygiene products and change her name to Sugarpu**y. Maybe she can roll out a line of cabs and change her name to Shararide. Or breath mints to give to friends with bad breath... Sharamint.

^ Is it any more absurd than some of the names in the article such as Metta World Peace or World B. Free? At least she had something to gain from her ridiculous proposed name change. Personally I think she should endorse feminine hygiene products and change her name to Sugarpu**y. Maybe she can roll out a line of cabs and change her name to Shararide. Or breath mints to give to friends with bad breath... Sharamint.

Metta World Peace wanted to make people aware of peace and his elbows. That's a cause. As well as a pretty dope name.

Sugarpova would still be absurd despite those other names existing. We don't need to have a competition for absurd names. I do think the Shararide idea would be great marketing though.

Tebow will play the next game so Brady can sit for most of the final pre-season game. Brady will play maybe a couple series, nothing much so he won't get hurt before the season starts. Mallet will get a lot of play time. And I would think that Tebow will get in there and get his last chance to make a case of being on the roster, either with the Pats or another team looking for a 3rd QB in the depth chart. Like sideways said, Pats usually only keep 2 QBs on the roster to allow more depth in other positions. 3rd QBs are basically useless in the NFL unless you have a gimp starter (i.e. Vick). So he's gotta play his brains out to stay in NE.

I guess he's gonna need to start Tebowing for a new job soon. But I wonder why the Pats even picked him up for when they obviously don't even need him.

my guess is that they wanted to see if he would be able to play some other position, since he's supposed to super athletic. of if they can coach him up enough to surpass mallett. looks like he couldn't get coached up enough to play qb in the nfl.

looks like he could end up being a tv commentator or something...or just go coach some HS team..

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